[1610.—"Bearams white will vent better than the black."—Ibid. i. 75].
1615.—"10 pec. byrams nill (see [ANILE]) of 51 Rs. per corg...."—Cocks's Diary, i. 4.
[1648.—"Beronis." Quotation from Van Twist, s.v. [GINGHAM].]
[c. 1700.—"50 blew byrampants" (read byrampauts, H. pāt, 'a length of cloth').—In Notes and Queries, 7th Ser. ix. 29.]
1727.—"Some Surat Baftaes dyed blue, and some Berams dyed red, which are both coarse cotton cloth."—A. Hamilton, ii. 125.
1813.—"Byrams of sorts," among Surat piece-goods, in Milburn, i. 124.
BEITCUL, n.p. We do not know how this name should be properly written. The place occupies the isthmus connecting Carwar Head in Canara with the land, and lies close to the Harbour of Carwar, the inner part of which is Beitcul Cove.
1711.—"Ships may ride secure from the South West Monsoon at Batte Cove (qu. [BATTECOLE]?), and the River is navigable for the largest, after they have once got in."—Lockyer, 272.
1727.—"The Portugueze have an Island called Anjediva [see [ANCHEDIVA]] ... about two miles from Batcoal."—A. Hamilton, i. 277.
BELGAUM, n.p. A town and district of the Bombay Presidency, in the S. Mahratta country. The proper name is said to be Canarese Vennu-grāmā, 'Bamboo-Town.' [The name of a place of the same designation in the Vizagapatam district in Madras is said to be derived from Skt. bila-grāma, 'cave-village.'—Mad. Admin. Man. Gloss. s.v.] The name occurs in De Barros under the form "Cidade de Bilgan" (Dec. IV., liv. vii. cap. 5).